RE: Reynard Inverter: Race Constructor Makes Road Car
Tuesday 10th August 2010
The Reynard Inverter - the first-ever road car from the famous race car constructor - has passed its IVA test and is now adorned with number plates.
The car, powered by a 180bhp Fireblade engine, can be supplied in both left-hand drive and right-hand drive, and in both turn-key and kit form.
Reynard Inverter: Race Constructor Makes Road Car
High-downforce track special passes its IVA test
Reynard says that the Radical-style track day car passed its IVA first time. As a result the Inverter is now officially on sale, with prices starting from £35k.
The 440kg track special has been wind-tunnel honed to create up to 1200kg of downforce, and up to 3g in cornering, giving the inverter one of the highest lateral g per pound sterling of any sports car
Although the Inverter is Reynard's first road car, its other purpose is to become an 'open source' racing design, with racing teams and engineers given full access to the Inverter's engineering drawings to allow individual teams to design their own parts and modifications.
"It is our intention to bring about the end of one-make race series," says Reynard on its website, "which tend towards becoming overpriced monopolies, devoid of engineering innovation, diversity, and creativity."
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Discussion
These DF figures were b
ks two years ago and they still are.
That much DF would require a LOT more HP and ground effect....at that ride height...there will be NO ground effect. o its creating a tonne plus of DF from a rear wing and front splitter?
As for that rear wing? come on, the uprights will be creating shed loads of turbulance alone.....you telling me they didn't pick that up 'in the tunnel'???
Never let reality get in the way of PR crap.
ks two years ago and they still are.That much DF would require a LOT more HP and ground effect....at that ride height...there will be NO ground effect. o its creating a tonne plus of DF from a rear wing and front splitter?
As for that rear wing? come on, the uprights will be creating shed loads of turbulance alone.....you telling me they didn't pick that up 'in the tunnel'???
Never let reality get in the way of PR crap.
Well I wouldn't want to argue with all the experts on here.... but I'm certain they didn't make it that FUGLY not to have "some" downforce!
Whatever, if they can shoehorn something that unconvientional through IVA it opens the doors for more banzai be-winged monsters to get plates.
How long before "What no 'ring time" brigade show up? :-)
Whatever, if they can shoehorn something that unconvientional through IVA it opens the doors for more banzai be-winged monsters to get plates.
How long before "What no 'ring time" brigade show up? :-)
jp-speed-triple said:
These DF figures were bks two years ago and they still are.
That much DF would require a LOT more HP and ground effect....at that ride height...there will be NO ground effect. o its creating a tonne plus of DF from a rear wing and front splitter?
As for that rear wing? come on, the uprights will be creating shed loads of turbulance alone.....you telling me they didn't pick that up 'in the tunnel'???
Never let reality get in the way of PR crap.
I think they're supposed to have observed over 3g lateral acceleration on the track (obviously running the appropriate ride heights etc.) and certainly Andre Brown and Adrian Reynard know what they're doing. The premise is basically just that they're employing all the relatively well documented techniques that have been outlawed elsewhere.ks two years ago and they still are.That much DF would require a LOT more HP and ground effect....at that ride height...there will be NO ground effect. o its creating a tonne plus of DF from a rear wing and front splitter?
As for that rear wing? come on, the uprights will be creating shed loads of turbulance alone.....you telling me they didn't pick that up 'in the tunnel'???
Never let reality get in the way of PR crap.
The Crack Fox said:
What an odd machine. Comparing price v performance, how do these stack up against a Radical, or even the quicker Caterham/Westies I wonder ?
I'd imagine similar pace to a Radical/Westfield XTR and quicker than a Caterham/Westfield (7-style) but far less practical than even those.
Hey all....
I had a few passenger laps in the non-road legal version around Silverstone, driven by Adrian himself, and I can confirm that it is mighty fast!! Blew away a new 2010 GT3 RS and several other "fast" cars!! The braking and cornering was incredible!!
On the subject of downforce, the rear wing doesn't do that much, the rear diffuser actually creates most of it.
I cannot compare it to a Radical etc as I have never been in one but I would rather have an Inverter hands down after seeing what it can do!!
Any questions just ask!!!
I had a few passenger laps in the non-road legal version around Silverstone, driven by Adrian himself, and I can confirm that it is mighty fast!! Blew away a new 2010 GT3 RS and several other "fast" cars!! The braking and cornering was incredible!!
On the subject of downforce, the rear wing doesn't do that much, the rear diffuser actually creates most of it.
I cannot compare it to a Radical etc as I have never been in one but I would rather have an Inverter hands down after seeing what it can do!!
Any questions just ask!!!
jp-speed-triple said:
These DF figures were bks two years ago and they still are.
That much DF would require a LOT more HP and ground effect....at that ride height...there will be NO ground effect. o its creating a tonne plus of DF from a rear wing and front splitter?
As for that rear wing? come on, the uprights will be creating shed loads of turbulance alone.....you telling me they didn't pick that up 'in the tunnel'???
Never let reality get in the way of PR crap.
No ground effect?? Judging by those skirts and the ridiculously large venturi at the back I'd say there's going to be some ground effect going down (pardon the pun).ks two years ago and they still are.That much DF would require a LOT more HP and ground effect....at that ride height...there will be NO ground effect. o its creating a tonne plus of DF from a rear wing and front splitter?
As for that rear wing? come on, the uprights will be creating shed loads of turbulance alone.....you telling me they didn't pick that up 'in the tunnel'???
Never let reality get in the way of PR crap.
Reynard are not a 'fly by night' company and IMO wouldn't want to 'inflate' any claims.
ewenm said:
The Crack Fox said:
What an odd machine. Comparing price v performance, how do these stack up against a Radical, or even the quicker Caterham/Westies I wonder ?
I'd imagine similar pace to a Radical/Westfield XTR and quicker than a Caterham/Westfield (7-style) but far less practical than even those.radicals fastet road legal carthe sr8lm weighs in at 680kg or there abouts but has 460bhp givin it a power to weight ratio of roughly 690bhp per tonne as opposed to this inverter which is about 450 per tonne?
in all likely hood it would probably give most road legal radicals a run for there money tho, lookin at specs i think it would struggle to keep up with the sr8lm
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